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The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots....
A frustrated Cypress mother's social media videos are leading to immediate traffic stops for drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus while children are boarding and exiting....
Houston City Council approved millions of dollars in road, drainage and wastewater improvements Wednesday, October 14, including funding for a long-awaited Tanner Road project and work aimed at improving the city’s sewer system. The projects could affect drivers, nearby residents...
People across the country have been talking about some hotly contested statewide elections, but that's not all that'll be on your ballot.
League City voters will have the opportunity to reject Flock cameras in November.
HOUSTON – Texas voters will head to the polls Nov. 3 for the 2026 general election, with statewide, congressional, judicial and local races on the ballot. Your ballot and voting location depend on where you live. Here’s how to check your registration, find your sample ballot and ...
The race has drawn national attention, after Republican nominee Bo French faced backlash for his social media posts.
New York City will ban horse drawn carriages in less than two years, City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced Tuesday.
A Baytown mother is pushing for change after her teenage son was allegedly stabbed to death by a classmate at school last year. On Tuesday night, Rebecca Meismer held a community meeting in Baytown, bringing together school district leaders, city council members and community adv...
A new University of Houston survey shows Democratic candidates leading in the Harris County judge race, as well as two commissioner races.
In Manvel, city council members recently rejected a plan to develop more than 1,200 homes in a rural area of the town.
Residents in the Spring area will head to the polls in three weeks to decide whether to raise property taxes to provide additional funding for Spring Independent School District. If voters approve Proposition A, homeowners with a property valued at $250,000 would pay an extra $22...
With Election Day just a few weeks away — and millions of votes already cast — midterm polls are everywhere. While polling can be a helpful tool to understand the electorate, it's not a crystal ball....
The county judge acts as a county executive and the top elected leader of the five-member Harris County Commissioners Court, which oversees the third largest county in the nation....
The poll shows state Rep. James Talarico leading Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely Harris County voters in the U.S. Senate race by 22 percentage points, while state Rep. Gina Hinojosa leads Gov. Greg Abbott among likely county voters in the Texas gubernatorial contest by 1...
Demolition will begin Tuesday at the former Greenspoint Mall as developers prepare to transform part of the longtime North Houston property into a $150 million industrial park. The demolition ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. and is expected to include Houston Mayor John Whitmire ...
Houston City Controller Chris Hollins says a $2.6 million car-washing contract approved by city council last week is null and void because his office never certified it....
While Hurricane Isaias battered Florida and Alabama, Southeast Texas homeowners may not be off the hook. Board Certified insurance trial lawyer Hunter Klein, with Green, Klein, Wood and Jones law firm says residents in the Houston area could see higher out-of-pocket costs when th...
Former Mayor Sylvester Turner implemented the program in 2020 in an effort to free up officers and reduce the jail population.
Morning Edition is heading to Maine, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan to hear what voters say is shaping their choices ahead of the midterm elections....
On Friday, the agency submitted its request for proposals from space industry businesses and organizations to develop new commercial space stations in low Earth orbit....
On Monday's show: We learn what a recent report had to say about state takeovers of school districts like HISD. And we find out why dozens of Flock cameras have been decommissioned in western Harris County....
At the Oct. 6 special board meeting, the Montgomery ISD board of trustees discussed a proposal for a new virtual learning pilot program.
This Week in Texas, we speak with both candidates for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Democrat Clayton Tucker and Republican Nate Sheets.
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices.
Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died....
Test scores are improving in Houston ISD. But a newly released 81-page report raises a bigger question: What has changed inside the district’s classrooms since the state took control? The report, titled Diminished, Degraded, and Destroyed, comes from the Citizens Commission on th...
See Harris County's 2026 sample ballot, candidates and key races. Find Texas early voting dates, polling locations and Election Day information.
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On Thursday, the HISD board voted to make a slight decrease in the tax rate official.
A Houston-area nonprofit is launching a yearlong billboard campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence and connect survivors with resources during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence (AVDA) launched the campaign Thursday, Oct. 8, with su...
Houston City Council voted to sell a 12-acre property in southwest Houston to a developer for more than $13 million to build dozens of affordable single-family homes....
Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones is decommissioning all 61 Flock surveillance cameras and license plate readers controlled by Precinct 4, citing residents' concerns about privacy, access to collected data and potential misuse....
Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones says all 61 Flock cameras have been shut off and covered following concerns raised by residents.
All 61 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras operated by Harris County Precinct 4 have been taken offline following a decision by Commissioner Lesley Briones, who cited growing concerns about residents’ privacy. Briones’ office confirmed to KPRC 2 that all 61 cameras were phy...
A new Texas Southern University poll shows Democratic Fort Bend County judge candidate Dexter McCoy leading Republican acting County Judge Daniel Wong by nine percentage points, with less than a month to go before Election Day....
Hundreds of automated license plate readers and security cameras controlled by Flock Safety cover the county and capture real-time images of vehicles that pass by. The mass surveillance technology has prompted dozens of residents to speak out against the county's contract renewal...
President Donald Trump’s visit to San Antonio on Wednesday brought repeated interruptions from protesters, demonstrations outside Freeman Coliseum and a campaign push for Texas Republicans ahead of the November election. Trump urged voters to support Republican U.S. Senate candid...
The 81-page report says, under the takeover, HISD has “diminished the curriculum”, “dismantled relationships,” severing bonds between students, teachers, and families, “destroyed democratic governance,” and “degraded financial stewardship.”...
Power LNG plans to develop a $250 million facility capable of producing about 400,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas per day. Liquefied natural gas would primarily fuel cruise ships coming in and out of the region....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa are statistically tied in the race to become the state's next governor, according to a new YouGov poll....
Younger voters are propelling Democrat James Talarico into the lead in his U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Ken Paxton.
President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to seniors for Medicare premiums.
Is Pier Galveston’s 19 holding up — or is it due for a major overhaul? That’s the question on Galveston’s working waterfront, where some business owners and tenants who work these docks every day say the pier is in serious need of attention. They’re pointing to worn boards, uneve...
Eight of the 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education are up for election this midterm in November.
Houston’s Public Works department is reporting significant improvements in solid waste collection, but the city’s director says there is still work to be done. Director Randy Macchi told KPRC2 News , after a City Council committee on Wednesday, that garbage is being picked up on ...
The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees approved secondary boundary changes on Oct. 5, impacting approximately 1,744 students.
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
You scan your ballot and leave the polling place. So who keeps it safe, and how do election workers check that the numbers add up? Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth walked KPRC 2 through the process. She described locked ballot boxes, law enforcement transporting election mat...
With a little under a month before election day, polls still have Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton in a close race to become the next senator from Texas. Among the top issues on voters' minds is healthcare affordability....
Houston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to transform more than 12 acres of city-owned land in south Houston into a new single-family housing community, including 89 homes priced for low- to moderate-income buyers. Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum, who represents Distric...
Charging documents have revealed that the former mayor of Magnolia, Matthew Dantzer, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his city secretary while she was pregnant....
A new poll shows James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa ahead in their Texas races, but experts say the race isn't over yet and numbers could change ahead of Election Day....
Trump says that he will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for a pro-Trump ad blitz ahead of the midterm elections, saying his super PAC will now pay for them....
A group of 29 Texas state representatives is asking the Public Utility Commission to investigate Aqua Texas as customers across the state face higher water and wastewater bills under the company’s interim rates. The lawmakers sent a letter to the PUC on October 2, citing concerns...
Mayor John Whitmire says Houston pulled its application for a nearly $150 million federal public safety grant after the city submitted it without City Council approval....
The former mayor of Magnolia has pleaded guilty to assaulting his city secretary while she was pregnant, but he will not be facing jail time, according to records. Matthew Dantzer pleaded guilty Friday to assault of a pregnant person, a felony, and official oppression, a misdemea...
The FBISD school board approved attendance boundary changes that will affect where nearly 2,000 students will attend school in 2027-28.
Highlights of the October 5, 2026, City Council meeting.
